महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-122, verse-3

व्यास उवाच ।
यद्यदिच्छसि मैत्रेय यावद्यावद्यथा तथा ।
ब्रूहि तावन्महाप्राज्ञ शुश्रूषे वचनं तव ॥३॥

3. vyāsa uvāca ,
yadyadicchasi maitreya yāvadyāvadyathā tathā ,
brūhi tāvanmahāprājña śuśrūṣe vacanaṁ tava.

3. vyāsaḥ uvāca yat yat icchasi maitreya yāvat yāvat
yathā tathā brūhi tāvat mahāprājña śuśrūṣe vacanam tava

3. vyāsaḥ uvāca.
maitreya mahāprājña,
yat yat icchasi,
yāvat yāvat yathā tathā tāvat brūhi.
tava vacanam śuśrūṣe.

3. Vyasa said: 'Whatever you wish, O Maitreya, to whatever extent and in whatever manner, tell me, O greatly wise one, for I desire to listen to your words.'

Words meanings summery:

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - The sage Vyasa. (Vyasa (a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - whatever, that which

• यत् (yat) - whatever, that which

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

• मैत्रेय (maitreya) - The sage Maitreya. (O Maitreya)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as long as, to what extent

• यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as long as, to what extent

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, then, accordingly

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - Refers to Maitreya. (O greatly wise one, O highly intelligent one)

• शुश्रूषे (śuśrūṣe) - I wish to hear, I desire to listen

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

• तव (tava) - your, of you

Words meanings and morphology

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - The sage Vyasa. (Vyasa (a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa, a celebrated sage, compiler of the Vedas and Mahabharata.

From vi-as (to throw, scatter, compile).

Prefix: vi

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Speaker.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Reduplicated perfect form of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - whatever, that which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Relative pronoun, neuter nominative/accusative singular.

Note: Duplicated for emphasis.

यत् (yat) - whatever, that which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Relative pronoun, neuter nominative/accusative singular.

Note: Duplicated for emphasis.

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present tense, 2nd person singular

From desiderative root 'icch'.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Refers to Maitreya.

मैत्रेय (maitreya) - The sage Maitreya. (O Maitreya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maitreya

maitreya - Maitreya (name of a sage, a disciple of Parashara, and speaker of the Vishnu Purana)

Patronymic from Mitra.

Note: The interlocutor.

यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as long as, to what extent

(indeclinable)

Formed from relative pronoun 'ya'.

Note: Adverbial. Duplicated for emphasis.

यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as long as, to what extent

(indeclinable)

Formed from relative pronoun 'ya'.

Note: Adverbial. Duplicated for emphasis.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

Formed from relative pronoun 'ya'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Formed from demonstrative pronoun 'ta'.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular

From √brū.

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Refers to Maitreya.

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, then, accordingly

(indeclinable)

Correlative to 'yāvat'.

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - Refers to Maitreya. (O greatly wise one, O highly intelligent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - very wise, highly intelligent

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'prājña' (wise).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing; a wise person
  adjective (masculine)
  From pra-jñā (to know well)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Refers to Maitreya.

शुश्रूषे (śuśrūṣe) - I wish to hear, I desire to listen

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śru

Desiderative, Present tense, 1st person singular, middle voice

Desiderative stem śuśrū.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Refers to Vyasa.

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, statement

From √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śuśrūṣe'.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person personal pronoun, genitive singular.

Note: Qualifies 'vacanam'.